Stove-leg



(No Model.)

J. E. COURTRIGHT.

STOVE LEG.

Patented Jan. 25, 1887.

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JOHN E. CQURTRIGHT, OF SHANES CROSSING, OHIO.

STOVE=LEG.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 356,708, dated January25, 1887.

Application tiled June 30, 1886. Serial No. 206329. (No model.)

To a-ZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN E. COURTRIGHT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Shancs Crossing, in the county of Mercer and State of Ohio,have invcnteda new and useful Improvement in Stove-Legs, of which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to stovelegs; and the object of my invention is toprovide means for holding the trucks in the proper position to preventmovement of the stove when set up; also, to provide means for preventingthe frame from spreading.

To these ends the invention consists in certain peculiar and novelfeatures of construc tion and arrangement, as hereinafter described andclaimed.

In order that the invention may be fully understood, I will proceed todescribe itwith reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure1 is a rear elevation of thestoveleg with my improvements applied. Fig.2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a central vertical sectionof the same. Fig. 4 is a horizontal section through the caster, and Fig.5 is ahorizontal section on thelincy y of Fig. 1.

In thosaid drawings, A designates the stoveleg, having at its lower enda rearwardly-extending lug, a, forming a socket for the stem 1) of thecaster B. This caster is provided with two Wheels, b, which are mountedupon a frame, If, which turns upona stem, 1)". This stem extendsdownward through an opening in the frame If, and said frame is heldthereon so as to rotate by a single screw, Z)". By virtue of thisconstruction it will be seen that the rotating part of the caster may bereadily attached to or detached from the fixed part.

6 designates a latch, the upper end of which is formed with anenlargement or cam, 0, through which passes a spring-rod, c, the ends ofwhich enter the le A, as shown. The lower end of the latch O is curvedinwardly, so as to lie between the two wheels 5 of the caster 13. Thuswhen the hack stein isthrown downward its lower end lying between thecaster-wheels will prevent the caster from turning, so that all thewheels will he in line with the angles of the frame, so that the framewill be held rigid and the stove prevented from movin lVhen it isdesired to move the stove, the lower end of the latch C is thrownupward, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 3, and when in thisposition the stove may be readily moved about. As the latch C is thrownup or down the enlarged or cam-shaped upper end will bear against theside of the stove-leg and will have a tendency to bind against thestove-leg, and would do so were the shaft c a stiff or rigid rod. Beinga spring-rod, however, it yields suflicicntly to allow the cam orenlargement 0 to pass between itself and the stove leg, and when thesaid cam has so passed the springrod will resume its normal position andwill hold the latch against displacement, as will be readily understood.

D D designate sections of the frame, which are tenoned at their ends andenter mortiscs in the upper end of the leg. ends are secured in themortises by bolts (Z, and by virtue of this construction all spreadingof the frame and straining of the joints between thelegs and picccsD Dis prevented.

It will be readily understood that the pieces D may either form a partofthe stove proper, or they may form a separate frame for a truck, uponwhich a stove or other heavy article may he placed and readily moved, asdesired.

Having thus described my invention, I claim-- 1. The combination, with astove-leg and a caster swiveled thereon, of a latch having aspring-connection with the leg and engaging with the Wheels,substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. Thecombinatiomwith the stove-leg, of the swiveled caster securedthereto, a cam-headed latch or locking device attached directly to therear side of the leg and adapted to engage with the castenwheels, andaspring-rod secur ing the latch to the stove-leg, substantially as setforth.

3. The combination, with the stove-leg and the caster secured theretoand carrying caster wheels, of the cam-headed latch, and a The tenoncdspring-rod. passed through the cam-head and In testimony that I claimthe foregoing as 10 secured to the stove-leg, substantially as y demyown I have hereto affixed my signature in scribed, as set forth.presence of two witnesses.

4. The stove-leg, having the swiveled caster 5 secured to the leg andcarrying caster-wheels, JOHN E. OOURTBIGHT.

and the latch secured directly to the rear side of the leg and engagingbetween the caster- \Vitnesses: wheels, all arranged and operatingsubstan- J. A. EsTILL,

tially as specified. JONATHAN SIVEY.

